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Former boyfriend sentenced to life imprisonment for murder

The ex-boyfriend was under the influence of drugs, and psychotic. He was aware of what he was doing when he murdered his former girlfriend in Hammar last year. The 27-year-old woman bled to death. Before she died she is said to have been exposed to the fear of death, prolonged suffering and brutal violence with degrading elements. The man has been given a life sentence. The court is of the opinion that he himself is to blame for his psychosis.
Kristianstad • Publicerad 15 mars 2022
27-åringen fick livslids fängelse för mord.
27-åringen fick livslids fängelse för mord.

– In the opinion of the court the deed was particularly brutal and so the punishment must be a life sentence, chief district judge Monica Felding, chairman of the court, tells us.

Prosecutor Johan Eriksson is satisfied with the sentence against the 27-year-old man.

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– It is a correct sentence, in line with legislative practice. If you take another person's life, you must be sentenced for murder, he says.

Early on the morning of Friday 17th September 2021 the 27-year-old's former girlfriend was found dead in her home at Hammar.

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Den misstänkte 27-åringens skador dokumenterades. Ur förundersökningen.
Den misstänkte 27-åringens skador dokumenterades. Ur förundersökningen.Foto: Polisens förundersökningsprotokoll.

A caretaker was the first witness. He was called out to attend to a water-leak, and localised the leak to the woman's flat. Once inside he found the woman and could quickly confirm that she was no longer alive and had not died a natural death.

The police arrested the suspected 27-year-old the same day.

A forensic psychiatric examination showed that the 27-year-old was suffering from a psychosis at the time of the woman's death.

The 27-year-old had also had psychoses before.

Prosecutor John Eriksson claimed, among other things, that the psychosis was self-inflicted and had been precipitated by drugs the man had taken.

Early on the morning of Friday 17th September 2021 the 27-year-old's former girlfriend was found dead in her home at Hammar.
Early on the morning of Friday 17th September 2021 the 27-year-old's former girlfriend was found dead in her home at Hammar.Foto: Tommy Svensson

The defence believed that the 27-year-old, as a result of his psychosis, was not wholly aware of what he was doing. In order to be convicted of murder the person concerned must be fully aware of what he is doing.

Kristianstad district court chose to accept the prosecution's arguments.The man subjected the woman to several very serious acts of violence, including knife injuries to her throat. The court believes that the man acted with the intention of killing the woman.

In October 2020 there were 152 people in prison in Sweden who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, according to Kriminalvården (Prison Service).

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